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Neotectococcus lenticularis Hempel, 1937 (Eriococcidae: Neotectococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Neotectococcus lenticularis Hempel 1937: 5, 19. Type data: BRAZIL: undetermined host, 18/10/1935. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, slightly curved, sides convex, apices acute, all setae approximately same size, restricted to medial and mediolateral areas of head and thorax; long hair-like setae present on rest of dorsum; protruding anal lobes absent; dorsum apparently with multilocular pores on last 1 or 2 abdominal segments; legs and antennae well developed (Hempel, 1937)
• Structure: Adult female is pyriform or cordiform (Hempel, 1937). The adult femals induces a lens-like gall on leaves when viewed laterally. Gall is similar to pit of pit scales. Upper leaf surface with a concave pit, circular and about 3 mm in diameter. Gall on lower leaf surface, swollen and convex, with a small orifice in center. Gall lighter in color than leaf. (Hodgson & Miller, 2010) Medial and mediolateral dorsal areas sclerotised, with numerous papillae of different form and size, and two types of setae, anal lobes, macro- and microtubular ducts absent; legs well developed, very large and thick for body size. (Gonzalez, et al., 2020)
• General Remarks: Most detailed remarks and illustration by Hempel (1937). Redescription and illustration in Gonzalez, et al., 2020. This redescription differs from Hempel’s description in having (character states from original description in brackets): (i) metathoracic legs with 8–10 translucent pores on distal apex (Hempel did not describe pores); (ii) antennae with setae present on all segments (Hempel stated “apparently without setae”); (iii) labium 3 segmented (Hempel did not mention the labium); (iv) vulva not observed (Hempel described it as being located between VI and VII segments); and iv) loculate pores absent on dorsum, present on ventral surface (present on both surfaces).

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